News & Insight

Maternity cuts widen the equality gap

8 October 2013

Fringe events first thing in the morning are about as attractive as Danny Dyer films and sometimes, as tiring and predictable to sit through. Still, Danny Dyer has just joined EastEnders and a large crowd of Brighton delegates did turn...

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His own man: Why the Daily Mail is wrong

7 October 2013

New polling yesterday shows that the majority of the public back Ed Miliband over the Daily Mail's claim that his father Ralph was the  ‘man who hated Britain’. As debate over the issue continues, it strikes me that the preposterous...

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How to build a one nation state

3 October 2013

The idea of ‘stewardship’ is a Fabian riposte to the recent (mis)characterization of its rich tradition of democratic collectivism as the embodiment of the evils of ‘big state’. State collectivism, with its national purview, long-termism and sense of agency, must have...

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How to build a one nation society

2 October 2013

With the prospects for a rapid reduction in inequality frankly remote, One Nation social democracy has to be about more than economics. Social democrats today must set out to equalize life chances and people’s ability to lead valuable lives even...

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How to build a one nation economy

1 October 2013

When Ed Miliband unveiled ‘One Nation Labour’ it was much more than a daring rhetorical land-grab. For One Nation is an organizing concept that can breathe fresh life into social democracy in an age where class defines and divides us...

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Mental health matters to all of us

24 September 2013

Mental health is still treated completely differently from physical health. To ensure mental health sits at the heart of the whole person agenda, politicians must lead the way in helping to destroy taboos, and underpin changing attitudes by law. When I...

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